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The Motels: Little Robbers

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On September 16, 1983, “Capitol” label released “Little Robbers”, the fourth Motels studio album. It was recorded February – August 1983, and was produced by Val Garay.

Personnel:

  • Martha Davis – vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Guy Perry – lead guitar
  • Scott Thurston– keyboards, guitar
  • Marty Jourard – keyboards, saxophone
  • Michael Goodroe – bass
  • Brian Glascock– drums, percussion
  • Val Garay – recording
  • Richard Bosworth – recording assistant
  • Doug Sax – mastering
  • Kosh and Ron Larson – art direction, design
  • Bob Blakeman – photography

Track listing:

  1. Where Do We Go from Here (Nothing Sacred) – Martha Davis
  2. Suddenly Last Summer – Martha Davis
  3. Isle of You – Martha Davis, Kevin McCormick
  4. Trust Me – Martha Davis
  5. Monday Shut Down – Martha Davis, Steve Goldstein
  6. Remember the Nights – Martha Davis,Scott Thurston
  7. Little Robbers – Martha Davis
  8. Into the Heartland – Martha Davis,Bernie Taupin
  9. Tables Turned – Martha Davis, Michael Goodroe
  10. Footsteps – Martha Davis, Steve Goldstein, Bill Wray

Supertramp: Crisis? What Crisis?

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On September 14, 1975, “A&M” label released “Crisis? What Crisis?”, the fourth Supertramp album. It was recorded 1975, at “A&M Studios” in Los Angeles; “Ramport Studios” and “Scorpio Studios” in London, and was produced by Ken Scott, Rick Davies, Roger Hodgson, John Anthony Helliwell, Dougie Thomson and Bob C. Benberg,.

Personnel:

  • Rick Davies– vocals, keyboards, harmonica
  • Roger Hodgson– vocals, guitars, keyboards
  • John Anthony Helliwell– vocals, wind instruments
  • Dougie Thomson– bass
  • Bob C. Benberg– drums, percussion
  • Richard Anthony Hewson – arrangements
  • Greg Calbi, Jay Messina – mastering
  • John Jansen, Ed Thacker – assistant
  • Fabio Nicoli, Paul Wakefield, Dick Ward – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson.

  1. Easy Does It
  2. Sister Moonshine
  3. Ain’t Nobody But Me
  4. A Soapbox Opera
  5. Another Man’s Woman
  6. LadyPoor Boy
  7. Just a Normal Day
  8. The Meaning
  9. Two of Us

 

Black Keys: Magic Potion

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On September 12, 2006, “Nonesuch” label released “Magic Potion”, the fourth Black Keys studio album. It was recorded in 2006, at “The Audio Eagle Nest” in Akron, Ohio, and was produced by Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney.

Personnel:

  • Dan Auerbach – vocals, electric guitar, 12 string guitar, slide guitar, lap steel
  • Patrick Carney– drums, percussion
  • Chris Keffer – mastering
  • Michael Carney – artwork, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney.

  1. Just Got to Be
  2. Your Touch
  3. You’re the One
  4. Just a Little Heat
  5. Give Your Heart Away
  6. Strange Desire
  7. Modern Times
  8. The Flame
  9. Goodbye Babylon
  10. Black Door
  11. Elevator

 

dEUS: Pocket Revolution

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On September 12, 2005, “Universal” label released “Pocket Revolution”, the fourth dEUS album. It was recorded in 2005, at “ICP Recording Studios”, “Studio Black Box”, “Scaldia Stars Recording Studio”, and was produced by Tom Barman and Klaas Janzoons. The cover art is based on The Von Neumann-Machine, a story from Don Lawrence’s Storm series of graphic novels.

  • Tom Barman – vocals, guitars
  • Klaas Janzoons – keyboards, violin, string and vocal arrangements
  • Tim Vanhamel – guitar
  • Anton Janssens – piano
  • Guy Van Neuten – piano
  • Tom Wouters – vibraphone
  • CJ Bolland – programming
  • Kobe Proesmans – percussion
  • Peter Vermeersch – string arrangements
  • String Up Quartet – strings
  • Evelin Wandeweert, Lode Vercampt, Reinard Varbergen, Saartje De Muynck – strings
  • Mark Steylaerts – violin
  • Bill Funk – backing vocal
  • Stef Kamil Carlens – vocal
  • Lies Lorquet – backing vocals
  • Carmen Betsabe – backing vocals
  • Lugo Rodriguez – backing vocals
  • Angelique Wilkie – backing vocals
  • Danny Mommens – backing vocals
  • Eadio Candip – backing vocals
  • Peter Deimel – mixing

Track listing:

  1. Bad Timing – Tom Barman, Klaas Janzoons
  2. 7 Days, 7 Weeks – Tom Barman, Craig Ward
  3. Stop-Start Nature – Tom Barman, Klaas Janzoons, J. Bolland
  4. If You Don’t Get What You Want – Tom Barman
  5. What We Talk About (When We Talk About Love) – Tom Barman
  6. Include Me Out – Tom Barman
  7. Pocket Revolution – Tom Barman, Klaas Janzoons
  8. Night Shopping – Tom Barman
  9. Cold Sun of Circumstance – Tom Barman, Klaas Janzoons
  10. The Real Sugar – Tom Barman
  11. Sun Ra – Tom Barman, Klaas Janzoons
  12. Nothing Really Ends – Tom Barman

XTC: Black Sea

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On September 12, 1980, “Virgin” label released “Black Sea”, the fourth XTC studio album. It was recorded June–July 1980, at “The Town House” in London, and was produced by Steve Lillywhite.

Personnel:

  • Andy Partridge – vocals, guitar, synth
  • Dave Gregory – guitars, synth, piano, vox humana
  • Colin Moulding – vocals, Epiphone Newport bass
  • Terry Chambers- Tama drums, Tama Snyper drum synthesizer, free form vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Andy Partridge, except where noted.

  1. Respectable Street
  2. Generals and Majors – Colin Moulding
  3. Living Through Another Cuba
  4. Love at First Sight – Colin Moulding
  5. Rocket from a Bottle
  6. No Language in Our Lungs
  7. Towers of London
  8. Paper and Iron (Notes and Coins)
  9. Burning with Optimism’s Flames
  10. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)
  11. Travels in Nihilon

Blur: The Great Escape

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On September 11, 1995, “Food” label released “The Great Escape”, the fourth Blur studio album. It was recorded January – May 1995, at “Maison Rouge” in Fulham; “Townhouse Studios” in  London, and was produced by Stephen Street. The album was certified 3 x Platinum in UK by the “BPI” and Platinum in Europe by “IFPI”.

Personnel:

  • Damon Albarn– vocals, piano, keyboards, organ, synthesizer, handclaps
  • Graham Coxon– electric and acoustic guitar, banjo, saxophone, handclaps, backing vocals
  • Alex James– bass guitar
  • Dave Rowntree– drums, percussion
  • Simon Clarke – saxophone
  • Tim Sanders – saxophone
  • Neil Sidwell – trombone
  • Roddy Lorimer – trumpet
  • Louise Fuller – violin
  • Richard Koster – violin
  • John Metcalfe – viola
  • Ivan McCermoy – cello
  • Ken Livingstone– narration
  • Theresa Davis – backing vocals
  • Angela Murrell – backing vocals
  • Cathy Gillat – backing vocals
  • John Smith – engineer
  • Julie Gardner – engineer assistant
  • Tom Girling – engineer assistant
  • Nels Israelson – photography
  • Tom King – photography
  • Jason Cox – studio manager

Track listing:

All tracks by Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree.

  1. Stereotypes
  2. Country House
  3. Best Days
  4. Charmless man
  5. Fade Away
  6. Top Man
  7. The Universal
  8. Robinson’sQuango
  9. He Thought of Cars
  10. It Could Be You
  11. Ernold Same
  12. Globe Alone
  13. Dan Abnormal
  14. Entertain Me
  15. Yuko and Hiro

Interpol: Same

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On September 7, 2010, “Matador Records” label released the self-titled,  fourth Interpol album. It was recorded 2009 – 2010, at “Electric Lady Studios” in new York City, and was produced by Paul Banks, Daniel Kessler, Carlos Dengler and Sam Fogarino.

Personnel:

  • Paul Banks– lead vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Daniel Kessler– lead guitar, piano
  • Carlos Dengler– bass, keyboards
  • Sam Fogarino– drums, percussion
  • Azealia Banks- backing vocals
  • Claudius Mittendorfer – engineer
  • Alan Moulder– mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Paul Banks, Daniel Kessler, Carlos Dengler and Sam Fogarino.

  1. Success
  2. Memory Serves
  3. Summer Well
  4. Lights
  5. Barricade
  6. Always Malaise (The Man I Am)
  7. Safe Without
  8. Try It On
  9. All of the Ways
  10. The Undoing

Gary Numan: Telekon

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On September 5, 1980, “Beggars Banquet” label released “Telekon”, the fourth Gary Numan studio album. It was recorded in 1980, at “Rock City Studios” in Shepperton and “Matrix Studios” in London, and was produced by Gary Numan.

Personnel:

  • Gary Numan– vocals, Minimoog, Polymoog, ARP Pro Soloist, Roland Jupiter-4, Sequential Circuits Prophet-5, Yamaha CP-30, Roland CR-78,  Synare,  guitar, piano, Minibass
  • Russell Bell– guitars, violin, claves, backing vocals
  • Denis Haines– Prophet-5, piano, ARP Pro Soloist, Yamaha CP-30, whistle, backing vocals
  • Chris Payne– viola, piano, Minimoog, Polymoog, backing vocals
  • Paul Gardiner– bass, backing vocals
  • Cedric Sharpley– drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • John Webb, James Freud, Simple Minds– handclaps

Track listing:

All tracks by Gary Numan except  “Trois Gymnopédies (First Movement)”, a composition by Erik Satie.

  1. This Wreckage
  2. The Aircrash Bureau
  3. Telekon
  4. Remind Me to Smile
  5. Sleep by Windows
  6. I’m an Angel
  7. I Dream of Wires
  8. Remember I Was Vapour
  9. Please Push No More
  10. The Joy Circuit

Dr. John: The Sun Moon & Hearts

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 On August 31, 1971, “Atco” label released “The Sun Moon & Herbs”, the fourth Dr. John album. It was recorded July – October 1970, at “Trident Studios” in London, “Criteria Studios” in Miami, and was produced by Mac Rebennack and Charles Greene.

Personnel:

  • Dr. John (Mac Rebbenack) – vocals, piano, organ, guitar, vibes, percussion
  • Eric Clapton- guitar
  • Tommy Ferrone – rhythm guitar
  • Walter Davis Jr. – piano
  • Ronnie Barron- keyboards
  • Steve York- bass
  • Jesse Boyce – bass
  • Carl Radle- bass
  • John Boudreaux – drums
  • Fred Staehle – trap drums
  • Freeman Brown – percussion
  • Calvin “Fuzzy” Samuels – percussion
  • Jim Gordon- percussion, conga
  • Vic Brox- pocket trumpet, organ
  • Graham Bond- alto saxophone
  • Ray Draper- tuba, percussion, backing vocals
  • Wayne Jackson- trumpet, horn
  • Chris Mercer – saxophone
  • Jerry Jumonville – saxophone
  • James Mitchell – baritone saxophone
  • Ed Logan – tenor saxophone
  • Andrew Love- tenor saxophone
  • Bobby Keys- tenor saxophone
  • Jim Price- trumpet
  • Jack Hale – trombone
  • Kenneth Terroade – flute
  • Mick Jagger, Doris Troy, Shirley Goodman, Tami Lynn,  P. Arnold, Bobby Whitlock- backing  vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Mac Rebennack except where noted.

  1. Black John the Conqueror
  2. Where Ya at Mule
  3. Craney Crow
  4. Familiar Reality (Opening) – Mac Rebennack, Jesse Hill
  5. Pots on Fiyo (Filé Gumbo) / Who I Got to Fall On (If the Pot Get Heavy)
  6. Zu Zu Mamou
  7. Familiar Reality (Reprise)

 

 

Cactus: Ot ‘n’ Sweaty

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On August 28, 1972, “Atco” label released “’Ot ‘n’ Sweaty”, the fourth Cactus album. It was recorded in 1972, and was produced by Geoffrey Haslam.

Personnel:

  • Peter French– lead and backing vocals
  • Werner Fritzschings– guitar
  • Duane Hitchings– keyboards, organ, acoustic and electric pianos
  • Tim Bogert– bass, backing vocals
  • Carmine Appice– drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Michael Delugg – engineer
  • Jimmy Douglass– engineer
  • Joel Kerr – engineer
  • Tom Scott – engineer
  • Ray Thompson – engineer
  • David Palmer – engineer
  • James E. Vickers – engineer
  • Buzz Richmond – engineer assistant
  • Bernie Kirsh – engineer assistant
  • Geoffrey Haslam – remixing, mixing
  • Jean Ristori – mastering
  • Richard Mantel – art direction, design
  • Urs Tschuppert – design
  • David Willardson – cover art
  • David Gahr – photography
  • Yves Bigot– liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Swim (Let Me Swim) – Carmine Appice, Tim Bogert, Jim McCarty
  2. Bad Mother Boogie (Big Mama Boogie – Part II) – Carmine Appice, Tim Bogert, Peter French, Werner Fritzschings, Duane Hitchings
  3. Our Lil Rock ‘n’ Roll Thing – Carmine Appice, Tim  Bogert, Peter French, Werner Fritzschings, Duane Hitchings
  4. Bad Stuff – Peter French, Johnson
  5. Bringing Me Down – Carmine Appice, Tim Bogert, Peter French, Werner Fritzschings, Duane Hitchings
  6. Bedroom Mazurka – Peter French, Duane Hitchings
  7. Telling You – Peter French, Duane Hitchings
  8. Underneath the Arches – Connely, Flanagan, Jim McCarty